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Glossary:		Translation:
Tarsus (pl., tarsi)		The ankle (or corresponding part of the hindlimb) in terrestrial vertebrates, consisting of a number of small bones (tarsals). The number of tarsal bones varies with the species: humans, for example, have seven.
Tegmina		Forewings. Tegmina = forewings, tegmen = forewing.
Terrestrial		living on the ground.
Tergum (pl., tergit)		The protective cuticle found on the dorsal surface of body segments in arthtopods.
Thoracic		Referring to the thorax (i.e. middle section of the insect's body).
Thorax		The middle section of an insect's body, which bears the legs and wings.
Tibia		The forth leg segment between the femur and the tarsus. In mantids the tibia has sharp spines used to catch and hold prey.
Tubercles		Short, blunt, knobbly spikes, seen on the thorax of many phasmid species.
Trogloxene		Any organism that spends some of his time in dark caves.
Trochanter		1.)Any of several bony knobs on the femur of vertebrates to which muscles are attached. 2.) The second segment of an insect’s leg, between the coax and femur.